Concerto for Clarinet and Strings Piano Reduction by Christopher Ball with piano reduction by Russell Denwood. Emerson Edition, 2007, SS, 45 + 9 pages. Christopher Ball (1936-) is a British composer who began his career as an orchestral clarinetist and also served as a conductor in the United Kingdom and Canada. This piece is dedicated to Leslie Craven. It is in three movements: 1. Allegro, 2. Adagio non troppo, 3. Allegro vivace. The composer states his goal was to write a clarinet concerto which would make the instrument sound at its "magical best" in hopes that a child might be inspired to love the clarinet as he had. You can listen to the first movement (with strings) here. The other movements are also on YouTube. College level with a duration of about 24 minutes. (C1386)